Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series > Yasuda Kinen
Yasuda Kinen Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchu, Tokyo
- Inaugural Race: 1951
- Distance: 1 mile (8 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
- Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
- 2022 Purse: ¥388,800,000
- 2022 Race Date: Sunday, June 5th
2022 Yasuda Kinen Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Songline | Kenichi Ikezoe / Toru Hayashi | ¥820 / ¥260 |
| 9 | Schnell Meister | Christophe Lemaire / Takahisa Tezuka | ¥260 |
| 17 | Salios | Damian Lane / Noriyuki Hori | ¥520 |
| 15 | Serifos | Yusuke Fujioka / Mitsumasa Nakauchida | |
| 7 | Fine Rouge | Yutaka Take / Tetsuya Kimura | |
| 4 | Danon the Kid | Yuga Kawada / Takayuki Yasuda | |
| 10 | Air Lolonois | Hideaki Miyuki / Kazuhide Sasada | |
| 8 | Elusive Panther | Hironobu Tanabe / Takashi Kubota | |
| 18 | Naran Huleg | Kyosuke Maruta / Yoshitada Munakata | |
| 3 | Lotus Land | Mirco Demuro / Yasuyuki Tsujino | |
| 16 | Resistencia | Takeshi Yokoyama / Takeshi Matsushita | |
| 5 | Ho O Amazon | Ryusei Sakai / Yoshito Yahagi | |
| 14 | Soul Rush | Suguru Hamanaka / Yasutoshi Ikee | |
| 12 | Diatonic | Yasunari Iwata / Takayuki Yasuda | |
| 2 | Vin de Garde | Mirai Iwata / Hideaki Fujiwara | |
| 6 | Karate | Akira Sugawara / Yasuyuki Tsujino | |
| 1 | Cafe Pharoah | Yuichi Fukunaga / Noriyuki Hori | |
| 11 | Catedral | Keita Tosaki / Manabu Ikezoe |
Exotic Payoffs:
- ¥100 Exacta (13-9) Paid: ¥3,740
- ¥100 Trifecta (13-9-17) Paid: ¥64,140
- ¥100 Trio (13-9-17) Paid: ¥11,810
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Yasuda Kinen Race History
The Yasuda Kinen is an International Grade I Thoroughbred horse race run each year at the Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo. Named in honor of Izaemon Yasuda, founder of the Japan Racing Association, the race not only awards the winning horse a $1 million prize, but sets that horse up to potentially earn an additional $1 million bonus should they go on to win one of the other 3 legs of the Asian Mile Challenge. Previous winners of the Yasuda Kinen include Oguri Cap and Taiki Shuttle, both honored as Japan’s Horse of the Year in 1990 and 1998 respectively.
As part of the Breeder’s Cup Challenge Series, winner’s gain an automatic berth into the Breeder’s Cup Mile.
Yasuda Kinen Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Songline | Kenichi Ikezoe / Toru Hayashi | 1 M / 1:32.3 |
| 2021 | Danon Kingly | Yuga Kawada / Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1 M / 1:31.7 |
| 2020 | Gran Alegria | Kenichi Ikezoe / Kazuo Fujisawa | 1 M / 1:31.6 |
| 2019 | Indy Champ | Yuichi Fukunaga / Hidetaka Otonashi | 1 M / 1:30.9 |
| 2018 | Mozu Ascot | Christophe Lemaire / Yoshito Yahagi | 1 M / 1:31.3 |
| 2017 | Satono Aladdin | Yuga Kawada / Yasutoshi Ikee | 1 M / 1:31.5 |
| 2016 | Logotype | Hironobu Tanabe / Tsuyoshi Tanaka | 1 M / 1:33.0 |
| 2015 | Maurice | Yuga Kawada / Noriyuki Hori | 1 M / 1:32.0 |
| 2014 | Just A Way | Yoshitomi Shibata / Naosuke Sugai | 1 M / 1:36.8 |
| 2013 | Lord Kanaloa | Yasunari Iwata / Takayuki Yasuda | 1 M / 1:31.5 |
| 2012 | Strong Return | Yuichi Fukunaga / Noriyuki Hori | 1 M / 1:31.3 |
| 2011 | Real Impact | Keita Tosaki / Noriyuki Hori | 1 M / 1:32.0 |
| 2010 | Showa Modern | Hiroki Goto / Hiroaki Sugiura | 1 M / 1:31.7 |
| 2009 | Vodka | Yutaka Take / Katsuhiko Sumii | 1 M / 1:33.5 |
| 2008 | Vodka | Yasunari Iwata / Katsuhiko Sumii | 1 M / 1:32.7 |
| 2007 | Daiwa Major | Katsumi Ando / Hiroyuki Uehara | 1 M / 1:32.3 |
| 2006 | Bullish Luck | Brett Prebble / Tony Cruz | 1 M / 1:32.6 |
| 2005 | Asakusa Den'en | Shinji Fujita / Michifumi Kono | 1 M / 1:32.3 |
| 2004 | Tsurumaru Boy | Katsumi Ando / Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1 M / 1:32.6 |
| 2003 | Agnes Digital | Hirofumi Shii / Toshiaki Shirai | 1 M / 1:32.1 |
| 2002 | Admire Cozzene | Hiroki Goto / Mitsuru Hashida | 1 M / 1:33.3 |
| 2001 | Black Hawk | Norihiro Yokoyama / Sakae Kunieda | 1 M / 1:33.0 |
| 2000 | Fairy King Prawn | Robbie Fradd / Ivan W. Allan | 1 M / 1:33.9 |
| 1999 | Air Jihad | Masayoshi Ebina / Masanori Ito | 1 M / 1:33.3 |
| 1998 | Taiki Shuttle | Yukio Okabe / Kazuo Fujisawa | 1 M / 1:37.5 |
| 1997 | Taiki Blizzard | Yukio Okabe / Kazuo Fujisawa | 1 M / 1:33.8 |
| 1996 | Trot Thunder | Norihiro Yokoyama / Katsutoshi Aikawa | 1 M / 1:33.1 |
| 1995 | Heart Lake | Yutaka Take / Saeed bin Suroor | 1 M / 1:33.2 |
| 1994 | North Flight | Koichi Tsunoda / Keiji Kato | 1 M / 1:33.2 |
| 1993 | Yamanin Zephyr | Yoshitomi Shibata / Hironori Kurita | 1 M / 1:33.5 |
| 1992 | Yamanin Zephyr | Katsuharu Tanaka / Hironori Kurita | 1 M / 1:33.8 |
| 1991 | Daiichi Ruby | Hiroshi Kawachi / Yuji Ito | 1 M / 1:33.8 |
| 1990 | Oguri Cap | Yutaka Take / Tsutomo Setoguchi | 1 M / 1:32.4 |
| 1989 | Bamboo Memory | Yukio Okabe / Kunihiko Take | 1 M / 1:34.3 |
| 1988 | Nippo Teio | Hiroyuki Gohara / Fusamatsu Okubo | 1 M / 1:34.2 |
| 1987 | Fresh Voice | Masato Shibata / Naoyuki Sakai | 1 M / 1:35.7 |
| 1986 | Gallop Dyna | Isamu Shibasaki / Susumu Yano | 1 M / 1:35.5 |
| 1985 | Nihon Pillow Winner | Hiroshi Kawachi / Masatoshi Hattori | 1 M / 1:35.1 |
| 1984 | Happy Progress | Seiki Tabara / Shoji Yamamoto | 1 M / 1:37.8 |